“What?” River rasped, shocked at Rosalie’s question.
“You heard me,” Rosalie shot back. “Have you had sx with him? It’s been a week and don’t tell me that you haven’t even been able to seduce Alpha Hunter.” She moved her neck right and left. “Or is it that the Alpha is no longer interested in the breeder?”
River was now really irritated by her. She suckd in a sharp breath as anger flooded her. Something inside her snapped and she just couldn’t take Rosalie’s sht any longer. “It is none of your concern whether I have had sx with Alpha or not!”
Rosalie got up and charged at her. She came to stand right in front of her and hissed. “It is my concern that you have had sx with him. The moment you get pregnant, I will send out invitations announcing our marriage. So hurry up or you will be tossed out of this castle soon!”
“If you are so desperate, then why don’t you sleep with him?” River spat. “Oh!” she chuckled through her anger. “You can’t. Because you can’t give him a pup. You are highly dependent on me to give you a pup so that you can raise him or her as your own.”
“River!” Rosalie shouted. “Don’t you fu*king play with me. I am going to make you cry as h*ll and then get you kicked out of this place!”
River crossed her arms across her chest. “I challenge you, Rosalie. I challenge you to try throwing me out of this castle. If i have to leave, I will leave on my own accord and not because of your shenanigans. And from the last encounter that you had with me, you still haven’t learnt your lessons? Remember what happened at the ball?”
She sneered. “That was because Alpha Hunter sympathizes with you. You are always playing a blo*dy victim card!”
River threw her head back and laughed. She picked up a grape from the table and popped it in her m*uth. “I didn’t play a victim card but yes, you did try to make me a victim of your devilries.”
“My devilries?” Rosalie spat, closing her hands into tight fists. “Are you mad? You can’t even seduce him and you are insinuating to me that I am hampering your efforts?”
River frowned at this st*pid logic of hers. When did she insinuate her of hampering her efforts in seducing the Alpha? “I don’t know what you are saying but I don’t think I need your help in that department!”
Suddenly, Rosalie slapped herself so hard that her fingerprints appeared on her cheek. River stood there, watching her with horror. Then Rosalie fell on the floor against a chair. Her knee started to bleed. She started crying. She looked up at River with teary eyes. “I am so sorry about it, River, but all I want is that you and Alpha get together. Is it so hard to accept my true feelings for Alpha Hunter? It is so hard to see him with any other female as such, now that we will be marrying soon, but what can I do? It is not in my hands that I can’t give birth to a pup.” She sobbed with her shoulders shuddering.
River stilled. Just a moment back Rosalie was accusing her of playing a victim card and what was she doing now? Why was she acting as a victim and that too for such a blatant lie? A growl from behind made her turn her head over her shoulders. She saw Alpha Hunter standing a few feet away, glaring at Rosalie. And then the realization dawned upon her. So Lady Rosalie was trying to show that River was the villain here for no fault of hers. Seriously, Rosalie was a m*ntal case.
Seeing the Alpha with surprise in her eyes, Rosalie got up. She wiped her tears and said, “Oh Alpha Hunter. I didn’t know you were here. I was just-” She adjusted her skirt and then again broke into a sob.
“What happened?” Hunter asked, narrowing his eyes as his gaze traveled to her cheek which was red.
Rosalie hid her cheek and shook her head. “It’s nothing,” she said. “I think River got angry with me.” She turned to look at River. “I am so sorry. I will never offend you again.” She bit her lip. “It is natural to get jealous but it is not my fault that I love Alpha Hunter. It is not my fault that–” she closed her lips, wiping more tears. Then she gave a heart tugging look to Hunter and rushed to him. She grabbed his waist and buried her face in his chest. “I promise I will never ever talk about us to her again. Please don’t punish her. She just pushed me down and slapped me so hard when I told her that I love you.”.
Hunter hated that Rosalie had her arms wrapped around him as his mate watched him. River’s eyes had that pain in them and Hunter realized that even though she didn’t recognize him as his mate, she felt for him instinctively. He removed Rosalie’s arms from: him and said, “I think you are under some wrong notion that I love you. Maybe, you should pack up and leave the castle for a few days to clear your head.”
Rosalie froze. “Wh- what?”
Hunter pointed out the bruise on her knee. “And I saw you falling against the chair like a dead mosquito.” He narrowed his eyes again. “So River didn’t push you.”
Rosalie’s heart sped wildly. Her lie was caught. “She-she slapped so hard that I fell down!”
Hunter took a deep breath in. “Rosalie, River is a right-hand girl. If she will slap her imprint will come on your left cheek, not the right. I know what you did. You staged it all.”
Rosalie paled. Before she could speak more, Hunter growled at her ferociously. “Leave the castle in one hour. If I see you in its grounds after an hour, I will throw you in the dungeons. Do you get it?”
“Alpha Hunter!” Rosalie whimpered. “How can you say that to me in front of a breeder? I am going to get married to you!”
“Now!” Hunter roared and spilled his powerful aura.
Rosalie winced, cowering away from him. She turned, scared as h*ll and then ran out of the dining hall.
When she was out of his sight, he turned to look at River. His anger settled and he said, “Are you okay?”
